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DNA-uptake pilus of <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> capable of kin-discriminated auto-aggregation

2018-06-26

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Natural competence for transformation is a widely used and key mode of horizontal gene transfer that can foster rapid bacterial evolution. Competent bacteria take-up DNA from their environment using Type IV pili, a widespread and multi-purpose class of cell surface polymers. However, how pili facilitate DNA-uptake has remained unclear. Here, using direct labelling, we show that in the Gram-negative pathogen Vibri...

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Literature Corpus work: c3cc7aba-46c4-58c6-b898-684190dbc56d
DOI: 10.1101/354878

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